Problems of reproducibility - Does geologically ancient DNA survive in amber-preserved insects?

被引：114

作者：

Austin, JJ ^{[1
]}

Ross, AJ ^{[1
]}

Smith, AB ^{[1
]}

Fortey, RA ^{[1
]}

Thomas, RH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NAT HIST MUSEUM, DEPT ZOOL, LONDON SW7 5BD, ENGLAND

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 1997年 / 264卷 / 1381期

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D O I：

10.1098/rspb.1997.0067

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Apparently ancient DNA has been reported from amber-preserved insects many millions of years old. Rigorous attempts to reproduce these DNA sequences from amber- and copal-preserved bees and flies have failed to detect any authentic ancient insect DNA. Lack of reproducibility suggests that DNA does not survive over millions of years even in amber, the most promising of fossil environments.

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页码：467 / 474

页数：8

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